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Funhouse

  • 1990 first published
  • 163 pages
  • ★ 3.0 (3 ratings)
  • 11 editions

Diane Hoh and Karyn O'Bryant's Funhouse (1990) is a horror poetry collection. Key subjects include folk poetry, riddles, american poetry and stars.

Open Library readers give it an average of 3.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, and 65 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 11 editions across 3 languages.

It runs to roughly 163 pages — 2–3 hours of reading at an average pace.

About Funhouse

If it weren’t for the Boardwalk, the small town of Santa Luisa might disappear altogether. The amusement park employs half the town’s workers, pulls in tourists, and gives teenagers like Tess Landers someplace to hang out on the weekends. Tess is eating a hot dog when the Boardwalk’s roller coaster—the Devil’s Elbow—jumps the track, hangs for a moment in the air, and then plummets to the ground. One of Tess’s classmates is dead on impact, two are forever maimed, and over twenty others are taken to the hospital. It’s the worst tragedy Santa Luisa has ever seen, but it’s only the beginning. As people rush to help, Tess spies a black-suited figure running away from the crowd. The crash was no accident. Five more teens will suffer before the killer is through, and Tess may be about to put herself on the list of victims.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • Mystery and detective stories
  • Children's poetry, American
  • Juvenile Riddles
  • Folk poetry
  • Riddles
  • American poetry
  • Stars
  • Juvenile poetry
  • Hens
  • Chicks
  • Clothing and dress
  • Dew
  • Mirrors
  • Salmon
  • Butterflies
  • Deer

Quick answers

Who wrote Funhouse?

Funhouse was written by Diane Hoh and Karyn O'Bryant and first published in 1990.

What genre is Funhouse?

It is usually shelved as Horror.

How long is Funhouse?

The median edition has 163 pages, about 2–3 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Funhouse?

Readers who like it often enjoy A Torre Negra, The Invisible Man and It.

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